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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Mobile, AL

April 12, 1994Harrison County, Jackson County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 12, 1994, 7:32 PM CDT for Harrison County, Jackson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 28 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 12, 1994, 7:32 PM CDT (00:32 UTC)
Expired
Apr 12, 1994, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Harrison County, MS, Jackson County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 84 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 1994-04-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 532 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 1994-04-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 114 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
532 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
535 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
96 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
500 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
2.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMOB 130032
TORMOB
MSC047-059-130100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
732 PM CDT TUE APR 12 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...HARRISON COUNTY...JACKSON COUNTY
 
AT 725 PM HARRISON COUNTY CD REPORTED A TORNADO TOUCHING DOWN NEAR WOOL
MARKET IN HARRISON COUNTY JUST NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10 AND OVERTURNING
SEVERAL TRAILERS...CARS...AND DESTROYING ONE HOUSE. THIS TORNADO WAS
MOVING TO THE EAST AND COULD CAUSE FURTHER DAMAGE IN EAST HARRISON AND
JACKSON COUNTY.
 
IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT...SEEK SHELTER  IN THE
INNERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  GET TO
A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE.  AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR
BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS.
 
 
 
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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.